Chapter 1096: 3 Years Achievements (2)
After that, Li Qing relied on the map projection to introduce in detail the water conservancy construction situation in the three places, including the Grassland Protectorate.
According to Shangji's plan, due to the limitation of natural conditions, the Grassland Protectorate will not carry out large-scale agricultural expansion. It will continue to focus on animal husbandry and provide a large amount of fur, meat and war horses for the Shangji army.
However, it needs to be understood that animal husbandry also needs grass, and grass also needs water!
Although the demand for water in pastoral areas is not as urgent as in agricultural areas, it is still essential, and the grassland protection government is also included in the water conservancy planning.
It's just that compared with the densely packed water conservancy ditches in Pingzhou and Chenzhou, there are only a few sparse ones in the Grassland Protectorate, which is not at the same level at all.
Shang Ji didn't find Li Qing's report boring, and listened to the report for nearly an hour with great interest, and after listening, he also had a general understanding of the water conservancy in the three places.
The more he understood, the more Shang Ji felt that it was the right choice to support Li Min in water conservancy, and the more he felt how stupid Gongsun Zan's decision was to send Li Min to his door.
Like Liu Shi, Hephaestus, Nonghe, Gongshuban, etc., they are god-level production personnel, but Li Ming cannot provide short-term benefits. On the contrary, he needs to invest a lot of resources first, which seems to be of the lowest value.
Mrs. Liu was alone, picking some herbal medicines at will, and then opened a furnace to refine a few medicinal pills, which could easily exchange for tens of thousands of gold in income, it was like a walking money printing machine.
Compared with Liu's, Li Ye just threw cart after cart of gold coins into the sea, without throwing out enough supplies and money, it is absolutely impossible to see any benefits.
However, once enough investment is made, the returns of the two are not at the same level at all.
Even if Mrs. Liu goes all out to refine the pills every day, and does not consider the market's ability to bear it, the value that Mrs. Liu can make in a year is only tens of millions of gold.
Li Ming is different. After the water conservancy construction system matures, its role is strategic and cannot be simply described in terms of money.
Don’t think that water conservancy construction is simply throwing money at it. Previously, merchants had a lot of money and had no place to burn it. Why didn’t they think of spending money on water conservancy? Without him, it can't be done!
The connection of various water areas, the excavation and dredging of river channels, the exploration of water veins, the design direction of canals, etc. are all highly professional issues. There is no master-level figure in the relevant field, and it is a waste of money and money to start work casually. Supplies are still a trivial matter, and if it is serious, it may even cause a flood, fire and drought in Pingzhou!
Although Li Qing's report took a long time,
But the effect was surprisingly good, giving everyone a shot in the arm, and even the military generals who hadn't made a big move for a long time felt eager to try.
After Li Qing finished his report, Deng Yan smiled and continued: "Next, I will introduce to you the achievements in government affairs in the past three years."
In fact, water conservancy construction also belongs to civil affairs, but the achievements in water conservancy are too great. Li and his son have made outstanding contributions, so Li Qing was specially arranged to report alone.
"The first point is the population. Three years ago, the total population of the three places was 1.263 billion, and now the total population of the three places is 1.489 billion, with an increase of 200 million people. Most of them are immigrants from the mainland, and a small part are local newborns and hidden people from Chenzhou. population.
In terms of single population, the total population under our army is second only to Yuan Shu (occupies Runan Quanjun, most of Yingchuan and Nanyang, although the place is small, but the population density is extremely high) and Han Fu (occupied Jizhou), Slightly more than Tao Qian (Xuzhou) and Kong Rong (Qingzhou).
But in terms of population density, we are still at the bottom. With the area under our army's current control, even 5 billion or even 10 billion people can carry it. "
When it comes to population density, Deng Yan feels a little heartbroken.
According to the existing statistics, the arable area under Shang Ji's rule is about 70 billion mu. In addition to the water conservancy facilities that can be called plug-in and the high-yield seeds produced by farmers, if the most basic standard of starvation is used as the standard, the entire Huaxia region Migration is enough!
However, a very embarrassing reality now is that, in terms of the population under Shang Ji’s rule, a little reclamation in many places would be good irrigated fields, but due to the lack of sufficient population, the fields were not reclaimed, that is to say, the land in Pingzhou The construction of water conservancy facilities has been used too aggressively, running ahead of demand.
As an official in charge of administration, Deng Yan saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. He wished he could go to the mainland to engage in immigration in person.
"In terms of arable land, there are currently 26 billion cultivated land within the three places, all of which are high-quality irrigated land. It is estimated that the grain production within the panoramic range will exceed 60 billion stones this year. Within three years Within a period of time, the total grain output under our military rule has increased by five times, and the construction of water conservancy facilities has contributed a lot!"
"Currently, within the jurisdiction of our military, the consumption of rations throughout the territory is about 19 billion shi, and the demand for rations is less than one-third of the total grain output. The surplus food is purchased by the General's Mansion, and part of it is made into military rations as a strategic reserve. The other part is directly traded with the princes in the interior, and the largest part is used as feed for feeding cattle and sheep in large quantities.
Three years ago, our army started to establish a ferocious beast artificial breeding system. So far, we have successfully domesticated and bred six kinds of ferocious beasts suitable for artificial breeding, and established 19 large ferocious beast breeding farms throughout the territory.
Up to now, it has successfully provided a total of one million stones of high-grade edible meat (beast meat), and it is expected that the annual output will exceed five million stones next year. "
The artificial breeding of ferocious beasts is a plan launched at the same time as the three-year construction plan. During the period, Pingzhou recruited senior animal trainers from all over China, especially in the Nanman area. Liu Yi personally went to the Nanman area to recruit senior animal trainers. .
Then they are responsible for the domestication and reproduction, and then get rid of their ferocity while retaining their meat quality as ferocious beasts. After three years, they have achieved great results. They have domesticated six species and established 19 specialized ferocious beast breeding farms, large and small.
Because it was mainly in the experimental period before, the cumulative output in three years was only more than one million shi finished high-grade meat. This year entered the formal breeding period, and the scale has doubled. Five million is only a conservative estimate. It will definitely be more optimistic.
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